May 4 NHL Picks — Colorado Avalanche at San Jose Sharks

This is the condensed set of picks for Saturday’s Game 5 Western Conference semifinal series between the San Jose Sharks and Colorado Avalanche for Winners and Whiners. Confidence ratings are in parentheses, and a link to the preview is below.

Note: The 5/5 does not represent the best overall pick of the day’s games when there are multiple games, simply the best pick of each individual game.

San Jose Sharks at Colorado Avalanche:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Sharks (-145) — 5/5 — WIN!
Total Prediction/Full Game: UNDER 5.5 goals (+115) — 4/5 — WIN!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Avalanche UNDER 3 goals (-150) — 3/5 — WIN!
Prop Prediction/Full Game 2: Jones OVER 26.5 saves (-130) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/Full Game 3: Couture OVER 2.5 shots (-160) — 4/5 — WIN!
Prop Prediction/Full Game 4: MacKinnon OVER 4.5 shots (-120) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Side Prediction/1st Period: Sharks -0.5 goals (+160) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Total Prediction/1st Period: UNDER 1.5 goals (Even) — 4/5 — WIN!
Prop Prediction/1st Period: Sharks to score first (-120) — 3/5 — LOSS!

Day’s Record: 5-4-0 (.556)
Previous Day’s Record: 2-5-1 (.313)
Playoff Record: 57-59-4 (.492)

April Record: 13-11-0 (.542)
March Record 47-19-1 (.709)
February Record: 38-33-0 (.535)
January Record: 27-31-3 (.482)
December Record 39-33-1 (.541)
November Record: 44-36-0 (.550)
October Record: 31-22-0 (.585)

Season Record: 239-191-5 (.555)
Playoff Record: 57-59-4 (.492)

1-Star Pick Record: 0-0 (.000)           (0-0 (.000) in Playoffs)
2-Star Pick Record: 0-0 (.000)           (0-0 (.000) in Playoffs)
3-Star Pick Record: 1-4 (.200)           (32-35 (.478) in Playoffs)
4-Star Pick Record: 3-0 (1.00)           (19-15-3 (.554) in Playoffs)
5-Star Pick Record: 1-0 (1.00)           (6-9-1 (.406) in Playoffs)

(Philipp Grubauer photo courtesy Ron Chenoy/USA TODAY Sports)